Mikal Kirkland, before testifying during a preliminary exam. A judge ordered media not to show his faceMLive file photo

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- A 14-year-old who police say was part of a "dangerous crew" of young men that robbed and assaulted college students at a Veto Street NW home has pleaded guilty to four felonies.

Mikal Kirkland, who turned 15 in July, pleaded guilty Wednesday, Nov. 28, to armed robbery and home invasion for the June 4 break-in at 646 Veto St. NW, but also to two counts of armed robbery for separate hold-ups at homes in May.

In testimony during Kirkland's plea, he admitted to having a gun in the May armed robberies of a home on Houseman Avenue NE and Pine Avenue NW.

Kent County Assistant Prosecutor Vicki Seidl said Kirkland, as well as others who took part in the Veto Street incident, have been implicated in various other crimes.

His role in the Veto Street robbery was, in part, to scope out the home the night of June 3 as college students held a party there.

In the early morning hours of June 4, Kirkland and four young adults allegedly broke into the home. Several college students, who had been sleeping, were bound and beaten and one female student was raped.